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Here is a pop quiz: If the states ratified an amendment to the Constitution repealing the First Amendment, would we still enjoy the freedom of speech? That depends on which value prevails: Are our rights only what lawmakers have written down, or are they personal attributes immune from government reach? When James Madison was crafting […]

Lance Phillips, 40, of Tyler, was taken into custody Monday, Aug. 7, on three counts of legal process simulating.

“Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech.” —First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution Here is a pop quiz: If the states ratified

“Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech.” — First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution Here is a pop quiz: If the states ratified an amendment to the Constitution repealing the First Amendment, would we still enjoy the freedom of speech? That depends on which value prevails: Are our rights only what […]

"Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech." – First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution Here is a pop quiz: If the states ratified an amendment to the Constitution repealing the First Amendment, would we still enjoy the freedom of speech? That depends on which value prevails: Are our rights only what…

Privileges — like voting or driving an automobile — come from the government. Rights come from our humanity.

What value is the Constitution if the government can negate it? Whose speech will the government undermine next?

  In what was billed as a major address yesterday by the White House, President Joe Biden declared that, if the Democrats prevail in the midterm elections, "here's the promise I make to you and the American people: The first bill I will send to the Congress will be to codify Roe v. Wade. And…

"Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech." -- First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution